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Parents at School: Studies Probe What Helps & What Doesn’t

Many schools every year work to find ways to increase parent involvement. Whether your school has an active PTA/Parent Association or your school has work to do to develop a … Continue reading

June 2, 2014 · Leave a comment

Education Can Change the World

What a powerful message from a heroic voice. Education is the only true game changer for boys and girls. tlb   Source Source

June 1, 2014 · Leave a comment

Embrace Your Calling: Lessons from Maya Angelou

“Don’t just teach because that’s all you can do. Teach because it’s your calling. And once you realize that, you have a responsibility to the young people.” – Maya Angelou, … Continue reading

May 31, 2014 · 2 Comments

Summer Reads for Teacher Professional Development

What’s on your summer reading list? If you are like me, you are probably looking for books that will help replenish you professionally as well as personally. With just a … Continue reading

May 31, 2014 · 2 Comments

Making a Positive Impact: The Role of a Teacher

I discovered a drawing on Twitter that I had to share with you. During those moments when things are tough remember the role of a teacher is to make a … Continue reading

May 29, 2014 · Leave a comment

Happy Anniversary principalaim!

Today is the 1 year anniversary of principalaim (boy time flies when having fun)!!  Thank you for all of your support as principalaim has grown from a simple dream to … Continue reading

May 28, 2014 · 2 Comments

10 ways to nurture wellbeing and build resilience

Originally posted on FlourishingChildhood:
We live in a busy world where children as well as adults encounter challenges and may find this stressful. Some people are naturally confident and resilient…

May 25, 2014 · Leave a comment

Three R’s and One “C”

  Education policy makers are watching something that rarely happens in education — “the unprecedented” push to green light a new initiative. In this instance, the new program is coding and … Continue reading

May 25, 2014 · 2 Comments

Bloom’s Taxonomy 2.0

In 1956, Educational psychologist, Dr. Benjamin Bloom identified three types of learning: cognitive, affective, and psychomotor that he coined Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning. Bloom’s Taxonomy has been used and revised by … Continue reading

May 23, 2014 · Leave a comment

Staying Connected: The Last Weeks of the School Year

We have come to that time of the school year when the days are a bit longer, there is plenty of warm weather, and keeping students focused is a tad harder than … Continue reading

May 22, 2014 · Leave a comment